China economy: PBOC cuts loan prime rates (LPR) for 1-year, 5-year


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China's central bank cut its benchmark lending rates again on Thursday amid concerns about an economic slowdown in the world's second-largest economy. The People's Bank of China reduced the one-year loan prime rate by 10 basis points from 3.8% to 3.7%. In December, the PBOC cut the one-year loan prime rate for the first time since April 2020. The five-year loan prime rate was lowered by 5 basis points from 4.65% to 4.6% — it was the first cut since April 2020, at the height of the coronavirus pandemic in the country. Loan prime rates affect the lending rates for...